Do you all know about your car? Do you know all the options and functions that are equipped with your car? We hope that yes. Although, according to statistics, only 10% of drivers fully read the guide to the car and remembered all its functions. It is like with new-fashioned smartphones, many of which are today as old Zhigulenok (about half of the functions in the phone, many do not even guess). So, it's time to talk or just forget about them.
Please note that not every feature that we will tell, there is absolutely in any car. This, of course, is impossible. Nevertheless, we will give you an idea of \u200b\u200bthe general functions that you probably do not remember (if, of course, they have ever read a guide to the car) or just do not know about them.
1) If the light caught fire near the fuel indicator in the tank, this does not mean that the car ended fuel
Many car enthusiasts (especially the younger generation) begin to panic when they see the flashing light on the tidy next to the fuel sensor warning the driver about the low fuel level in the gas tank. As a result, they begin to hastily look for the nearest refueling, often refueling where they will have (including dubious gas stations).
But do you know that there is still a lot of kilometers on a burning light bulb? The fact is that in every car there is a certain reserve of fuel in a tank, which is enough for a movement even on a burning light bulb. It all depends on how the automaker set up a low fuel warning. where you learn how many kilometers can (on a burning light).
2) how to make it so that the salon mirror of the rear view is not blinded
Unfortunately, not all cars installed. As a result, when driven by car drivers, the light of the headlights of the condation can be blind. Especially if someone included far light. In most cars, the mirror without an automatic dimming function is equipped with a position switch. With it, you can manually change the angle of inclination of the mirror at any time, which will allow you to darken the mirror and get rid of the bright dazzling rays of the headlights behind the car.
Is not new feature, it has been there for several decades. But many do not know what she needs. In fact, if the car will shine from behind you with distant light, then, swinging the mirror using the lever to another position, you change the flow of light that goes into the mirror from bright headlights.
As a result far lights Clean you to blind and you will see the trading car. In principle, far headlights for you will turn into the Middle Light. Yes, many know about this function. Especially those who have long been driving. But this, unfortunately, do not know many young drivers who recently sat down behind the wheel.
3) Automatic remote closure or door opening function or opening
Some cars (not all) have one convenient feature, but not many motorists use it for practical purposes. We are talking about the remote opening or closing of the windows of the car.
For example, in some Ford Mondeo. And in many bMW cars There is a similar option. And even in basic equipment. Unfortunately, not many modern machines There is a similar function.
So, how does this option work? Imagine that your car has long stood in the sun and heated greatly. You understand yourself, get into the scented salon with the temperature as in the oven is not very comfortable (even just to turn on the air conditioner).
Those machines that are equipped with remote control windows make the planting process in the scented salon more comfortable. To do this, it is necessary before sitting into the car, the unlock button and hold it for a few seconds. After which the option is activated remote control Machine windows. In this case, all windows of the car will be devastated down. As a result, hot air will quickly come out of the cabin, and you can already sit down hot Machine and turn on air conditioning.
The second example. Imagine that you parked the car near the house, arriving from work. You came out, closed the door. And here they saw that. Now you need to get into the car again, turn on the ignition and close the window using the window of the window. But with the option of remote control windows you do not need to sit in the car. To do this, just click the lock button and hold it. The window closes magically automatically.
Try to do it with your car, suddenly worked. Also carefully examine the manual to your machine. It is quite possible about this function there everything is described in detail.
An article on the useful options of the machine, about which, however, not all motorists guess. At the end of the article - an interesting video about 35 useful functions of the car.
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Very often you can watch how people own good, technical things, but they absolutely do not know how to use them. Owners of iPhones use them only to carry out calls, and drivers high-quality cars do not know the considerable share of the functions of their vehicle.
On the one hand, since the machine performs its main task - to transport from point A to point B, then why bother with unnecessary information. And on the other hand, all these mysterious buttons and levers are installed by engineers, it means that they are needed for something.
In this review, we will try to expand the knowledge of motorists regarding some interesting and useful functions, on the existence of which in their car they were not suspected.
Safety of children
People who are parents when choosing family car First of all, pay attention to the presence of the door lock button. As a rule, all doors are securely fixed from the only button in such a way that it is impossible to open them outside. But if the inquisitive child accidentally jerks twice the handle on the door, he can fall right on the go, especially if parents neglected seat belts.
To avoid the situation described, some lever should look at the end rear door. After switching to another position with the unlocked central lock from the salon, the rear doors will not be able to open.
Similar lever can be detected on both rear doors, which guarantees maximum passenger safety on rear seats. When equipping a car tailless access, the driver can decide that the electronic key does not have the traditional folding "sting". But this opinion is erroneous, because with an unexpected discharge of the battery, the owner simply will not be able to get into the salon.
The situation is absurd, and therefore it is necessary to closely look at the chip card or the electronic key body. There should be a fixator from which the "sting" should be removed, or a small cap, hiding it. Thus, the owner always has a way to open his machine manually, but at the same time get to the rear door and activate the block.
Blocking windows
Someone will consider this function as strange, however, in order to protect the same children who can be hung out the window and cold, it is sometimes necessary to reliably block them.
On machines having electrical windows, the control unit on the driver's doors has five buttons. Why, if there are only four windows? And after all, a rare motorist meets the instructions to find an answer to this question. This "extra" button does not give passengers to lower its windows, blocking them all except driving.
In some Korean brands, this feature works in part, blocking only the rear windows. And sometimes so that even the driver can then open them.
Mirror-chameleon
Next, we propose to explore the salon mirror. If a certain LED is visible on the edge of the surface or the housing mounted in itself, such a mirror is called electrochromic. The fundamental difference between such a design from mirrors with anti-reflective coating is to prevent the blinding effect.
Its action can be compared with glasses-chameleon from the visually impaired people: if in the dark, the car will follow the car with a bright light headlights or light-on lamps, such a mirror is automatically darkened.
Inside the mirror, special photo sensors are installed, one of which is aimed forward to assess the illumination of the road, and the second - back to regulate the light from the following machines. When the difference between street lighting and an artificial light source in the form of foreign headlights is too large, modern electronics automatically starts the dimming process. A small button located on the mirror will turn off the option if the driver interfers the driver. On some models, it is activated from one-time press, on some - after holding it for a while.
The secret lever is on classic mirrors, but in this case, when it is adjustable, the angle of inclination of the mirror will be changed, saving from the blind light of other people's lights.
Garage gate management
This is not all the abilities that the salon mirror possesses. Some cars make it possible to manage the opening and closing of the garage gate by simple programming, turning the mirror into the remote control.
Such an option is, for example, Mercedes and BMW, whose mirrors on the lower edge of the case have control buttons. Ideally, the owner will need to select one of the buttons and bring it to it the remote control from the gate to read the signal. While matching the type and frequency range of signals, the binding of the console will occur very quickly and own forces. If the procedure does not fail the first time, you will have to refer to the automotive instruction
Safety belt adjustment
Is the seat belt can have any hidden capabilities that the driver would not know?
It turns out that not every car owner is generally able to use belts. For example, it is desirable not to install the driver's seat in the extreme rear position. In this case, the fixed belt will cause great discomfort, promote the driver's fatigue, interfere with moving to levers and buttons. No less dangerous and extreme forward position, in which the driver almost lies with breasts on the steering wheel, and with a sudden strike, the risk of stagged with a strap.
The belt is impossible to simply "throw" on itself, it must be reliably snapped by the lock. The recommended gap between it and the body of a person is 25 mm so that only you can push the palm. During operation, the belt can stretch, spin, so before each trip it should be brought to the proper look.
And here it turns out that drivers do not know about the possibility of adjusting the belt in the height of man. On the middle rack there is a special loop, which by pressing the button or the retainer moves vertically. Thus, the driver can adjust the height of the belt so that he properly went to the center of the shoulder.
We are looking for a benzobac
If a person rented a car in another city or took it to use the spouse / friend and faced with the need to refuel, then on the gas station he will have to run around her in search of a gas tank. In order not to spend in vain time and strength, there is a hint in the car. On the instrument panel near the icon with the image of the benzokolone, the arrow is drawn, the direction of which shows the location of the tank.
Disable ESP.
Security control is a very useful system that prevents the car drift. But different situations arise different, and the slip can be vital, for example, to get out of the dirty pit. A radical way to solve the problem is to pull the fuse. But this option is able to inflict irreparable harm to the entire electronics system, and sacrifice a good option for the sake of a single problem is unreasonable.
Another way out of the position depends on the car model. Some have a special button, which although not disconnects the ESP completely, still provides a field for maneuvers. Other models react to the intensity and duration of the prescribed button to give a response. Finally, the third instances provide the desired result of concrete manipulations with the aggregates of the machine. So, certain models toyota brand Disconnect ESP under the influence of the combination of handbrake and brakes.
Useful "Lifehaki" for motorists
Finally, a few more interesting advice:
- If the central locking is turned off in the machine during the start of movement, you should fix the door lock button for a couple of seconds for a couple of seconds. After sound signal The function is activated, it turns off by similar actions;
- The sun can make a driver not only in those moments when shines directly into the eyes. Side lights just can distract from the road, forcing it to pushed. In this case, the sunscreen visor will also come to help, which, it turns out, can not only raise and lower, but also deploy 90 degrees. At the same time, such a visor will secure the driver from the uneven sunburn.
Today, almost every car is endowed with such functions that are not all drivers. Meanwhile, these useful "feathers" are able to seriously ease the life of each of us. The problem is that most of such hidden opportunities are used so rarely that many never know about the pleasant features of their car.
In fact, most of these functions are universal and is present in the overwhelming majority of cars, regardless of the brand and model. Note that experienced driversMost likely, they know about most of these functions, but beginners this material can be useful and will help learn a lot of new things.
Pointer of benzobaca
We usually do not notice this, but most of the cars love their owners and try to tell them every way useful functions. If you are in the new car and have not yet managed to learn from which side it is the neck of the gas tank, just look at the dashboard - usually there is a small triangle next to the benzokolone pictogram, which also points the right side. But we will immediately make a reservation that these days it is relevant not for all models - sometimes this badge is not.
Degree of freedom of sunscreen visor
It is often possible to see how the driver, shouting, is trying not to be distracted by the low sun, looking into the salon on the side and heating half of the face. Most likely, he does not know that the sun visor under the ceiling can hang on the same loop, moving towards the side glass.
Disable ESP.
To begin with, we will remind - and someone we told - what is ESP. This abbreviation has nothing to do with Spanish and decrypt as Electronic Stability Program. She can also be called ESC (Electronic Stability Control). This feature active security Prevents the car from entering into a skid using computer control of one or more wheels.
Sometimes this undoubtedly useful increment can prevent. For example, if you need to pull out a car from a snowy or mud captivity, or you just want to fift a bit. In short, if there is no way without slipping, there is a special button with a car pictogram in a drift. Often it needs to be held for a few seconds to turn off the function, but sometimes enough and simple pressing.
If there is no such button, and there is a system, you can simply pull the appropriate fuse in the shield, but it is important not to turn off with it anything important. We add that it is not possible to completely disable ESP - into a dangerous, according to the system, the moment it will still automatically work.
Heating side mirrors
This feature is often present in the description of the configuration, but many drivers do not know how it turns on. Reply: Automatically with the inclusion of heating rear glass. In most cars, this useful function in our country does not have a separate button to activate. Although, for example, on many models of the Volkswagen brand, you can enable the heating of the mirror, moving the knob of their adjustment to the corresponding position.
Electronic hand brake
The overwhelming majority of drivers mistakenly believe that the electronic handbrake is useless in everyday life and enjoy it only on large holidays. In fact, the electronic hand brake can also save you while driving if the main ones were denied. You just need to click on the button.
Air conditioning in winter
Sometimes even in winter it happens so damp and wet that they begin to sweat the glass. If this suddenly began to occur, just turn on the air conditioner. If overboard is not very frosty, he will cope and you do not have to constantly use a rag. And do not try to save the situation with the help of a simple glazing glass - it often does not help.
Glasses
Immediately make a reservation that this function works far from all cars, but if so, you are lucky. If on the alarm keychain to clamp the unlock button for a few seconds, then you can lower everything side glass. The blocking button in the same way closes them. It happens extremely useful in hot weather, when you need to drive out hot air out of the car.
Most modern cars have numerous secret features that car owners do not even guess. Many of these options will be extremely useful for each driver, so it will not be superfluous to study the instructions to your car in detail, which will continue to use such hidden functionality.
Using rented other people's cars, we can be in such a situation when we will not know at refueling from which side the benzobac. In fact, each car has a special benzokolonic pictogram on dashboard, next to which the arrow is drawn. It is this arrow near the benzokolontka and shows the location fuel tank In a concrete car.
All drivers know how it happens to ride the car with a bright sun. If the rays of the setting or standing in the Sun, the sun fall right into our eyes, it may affect the safety of the vehicle operation. In order not to pure from such sunlight, you can turn the sunscreen visor, which can be adjusted to an angle of 90 degrees. Many drivers do not even know about the possibility of adjusting and turning the sunscreen visor, which can easily be configured depending on the direction of lighting.
On some cars you can even dismiss such sunscreen visors, simply rearrange them on the side windows. Thus, the driver's blinding is completely eliminated by the bright sun, the necessary safety control of the vehicle is ensured. You no longer have to pushed and close from the sun, but everything you need to do is just rearrange on right corner Used sunscreen visor.
ESP is special systemwhich follows the location of the car on the road and, if necessary, prevents the development of drift. However, in some cases, for example, if we need to experience a car or try to get out of a snow porridge, such a system warning system is best disconnected. For which you can use a secret combination of action. For example, in Toyota cars, you can simultaneously click on the brake pedal and tighten the handbrake, after which the anti-lock will be disabled.
In many cars ESP. Works in close contact with ABS and other security systems. Therefore, it is still manually to completely disable such a system prevention system will be impossible. In case of emergency, when the car can threaten the danger, the computer brain of the machine will connect ESP, and the automation by increasing the gas and to the bracket of individual wheels will be able to prevent the development of the drift, stabilize the machine, and will provide necessary security vehicle management.
When operating B. winter time The year invariably arises the need to turn on the heating of mirrors. You can activate such a function simultaneously with heating rear stalk. However, individual manufacturers, such as the company, allow the driver to separately activate, heating the side windows, for which you need to press the corresponding button on the mirror position knob.
Most cars are equipped with electronic handtems, which are designed to hold on the place of the car during the parking lot. However, such an electronic handler can also be used as a means of emergency braking, when for some reason we denied the main brakes.
Of course, with full-fledged brakes, such an electronic parking retainer will not compare. However B. emergency situations You can use it to stop the car. For example, if the car rolled, and the car has problems with brake fluid And the brakes do not work. In this case, you can activate the electronic handbrake, which will warn the car rolling.
Car owners in the winter time of the year are often faced with the problem of fogging windows, which could be solved right use air conditioner. Regular use of the air conditioner in the winter time will allow to extend the service life of Freon, problems with refrigerant will be completely excluded. regular maintenance all system.
Due to the temperature difference cold air From the air conditioner will quickly dry overwhelming windows, which will allow you to completely eliminate the problems with fogging. And subsequent on the glasses for a long time will not appear to appear, and the auto owner will solve problems with possible divorces on the glass that appear in cases where we simply erase the winding winds on the windows.
Most of us use the alarm keychain to open and closing the car. You will be surprised that using such a keyfob you can open and close the windows. All you need is for a few seconds to press the unlock button or lock lock, which activates the operation of all windows. Now you do not need to constantly close windows and hatch, and all such work will make automatics, simplifying the operation of the vehicle and increasing the overall safety of the car.
However, we note that such a functionality is not available in all alarms, so you should clarify similar features from a specialist who set the signaling, or in the instructions of each specific model security complex. Also, the alarm can be other extended functions, in more detail with which it is possible to get acquainted from the technical documentation for your particular car model.
findings
Use of such hidden functions Allows you to significantly simplify the use of the car. The car owner will be able to raise and lower the glass with the keychain, it will be easier to navigate, which side is located on the car, can solve the problem with the freezing of lateral mirrors and fogging. We can only recommend to study you in more detail the instructions for your car, where you will find various additional optionsthat will be invariably demanded by all car owners.
To satisfy drivers, automakers are constantly improving the machines in all indicators. New technologies make cars more economical, comfortable, powerful, safe and reliable. Here are 10 functions and options, without which it is difficult to imagine a modern car:
1. Bluetooth
Today is wireless bluetooth connection enters B. standard complete set Many cars. If the driver has a Windows Phone or a smartphone based on Android, then it may not be distracted by the phone, being driving. Using Bluetooth, you can call or send messages (using speech recognition). Apple users use Siri Eyes Free, which performs about the same tasks. The advantage of the presence of Bluetooth in the car is that controls are displayed on a large on-board screen, and the sound plays through audio colors. The driver should no longer mess with his portable device, distracted by driving.
2. USB connectors
Portable devices have become so an integral part of the life of modern people that most cars are now online USB ports. This is a great way to charge accessories, as well as listen to music through the columns, without cycling slow wireless communications. Now all files from the smartphone, MP3 player and flash drives are available in the car.
3. Incinual access and engine start
Function incinual access And the launch is now available for many models on the market. The touch sensor "notes" approximation of the owner of the car and opens the door when it fits. When it gets into the cabin, just press one button - and the engine is running. All this time, the keys from the car and the alarm keychain are in your pocket. This system is indispensable for women who do not need to dig in a handbag with the words "Well, where are these keys?"
4. Integration of applications
The integration of applications is becoming increasingly common in information and entertainment systems of cars, but rarely offered in basic configuration. To meet the growing needs of modern drivers, their portable devices are connected to an on-board computer, and their favorite applications (radio, weather, browsers, social networks) are displayed on a large central console screen. Again, it is more convenient and safer than to drive a machine with a smartphone in your hands.
5. Voice recognition
The first generations of voice recognition systems often led drivers to confusion. But now they have become much better: the processor does not just handle the heard "as is" signal, but "includes logic", turning out suitable options and comparing them with previous requests.
6. Remote control of the car
With cars, such as Tesla Model S, drivers can experience a completely new level of communication. But the futuristic Tesla is far from the only machine with such capabilities. Many companies are developing applications that allow drivers to interact with their machines through smartphones. Among the available features: to open and close the doors, run the engine, configure the climate parameters, while being anywhere. Drivers are reported to the level of fuel and charge rechargeable batteryAlso, they can make addresses and routes directly to the car navigation system, sitting at home for coffee.
7. Monitoring "blind zones"
The control of "blind zones" is very useful and often goes by the basic option of modern cars. Studies show that the unimpressed zones lead to hundreds of thousands of traffic accidents every year. To avoid this, a system has been developed that, with the help of sensors, "sees" transport in the "blind" zone and reports this to the driver. It will also help on cars in a situation where the driver goes to the back of the road.
8. Tracking a strip of movement
Like the previous "assistant", the tracking system for the traffic strip relies on the sensors. They always look behind the position of the car regarding the markup on the track or the motorway. If the driver wonders or falls and leaves his movement strip, without turning on the turn signal, the machine will start to "wake up" it, turning on the sound and / or vibration of the seat, or the wheel will finally complete and the car will return to the middle of the strip.
9. Adaptive cruise control and collision warning system
For those who regularly travel on the tracks, cruise control is a wonderful assistant. Adaptive cruise control stepped one more step further. It supports constant set speed And watches the car ahead. If it slows down sharply, then the car itself drops "gas" and slows down.
10. Interaction of cars
To reduce the cost of installing individual navigation Systems For each car, automakers are now connected on-board computer To the smartphone and already through it interact with the satellite and with other machines. So the driver receives information about traffic jams and road signs Next to him. The system can also be used to automatically notify the accident, messages about theft of the vehicle, asking for help on the road.
Modern car should be dynamic, economical, comfortable and safe. So drivers can come in handy and, which really work.
